Dems demand plan for reunifying 500 children still separated from families
Source: The Hill
BY RAFAEL BERNAL - 09/04/18 10:37 AM EDT
House Democrats on Tuesday demanded that the Trump administration provide its plan to reunify more than 500 undocumented children who remain separated from their parents as a result of the government's zero-tolerance immigration policy.
The administration has failed to implement an adequate reunification plan, according to a letter signed by Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and 19 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC).
"Since the Administration instituted and rescinded the zero-tolerance policy, which purposefully targeted and separated migrant children from their parents, we have yet to see the Administration present a cohesive, well-executed inter-agency plan or inter-governmental coordination with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico to ensure that these children are reunited with their families," the 20 House Democrats wrote in a letter addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Hoyer and the CHC sent a similar letter in June calling for the administration to publish a plan to reunify more than 2,000 families separated as a result of Trump’s policy.
In Tuesday's letter, Democrats panned the administration's response to their June missive.
Read more: http://thehill.com/latino/404908-dems-demand-plan-for-reunifying-500-children-still-separated-from-families
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